Critics Warn 'Helpful' LLMs Are a Trojan Horse for Intimate Surveillance
alexbilz · x · 2026-09-10
In a pointed post, alexbilz argues that Americans now pay monthly fees to install "Big Brother" as therapist, secretary and confidant. "Helpfulness" is the Trojan horse: the more indispensable the LLM becomes, the more intimately it surveils users, who end up actively participating in mapping their own cognitive terrain.
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